In 1907, St. Paul businessman and inventor Oliver Crosby purchased twenty-eight acres of land on a...
Twin Cities Area
The Gates of Stonebridge
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of Food
Betty Crocker was born in a boardroom of The Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis in 1921. A...
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Landmark Center In St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Wilder Public Baths
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Robbinsdale Library
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Swinford Apartments
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Swinford Townhomes
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Greater Minnesota
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
This gorgeous Second Empire style home in Hastings was built for William Thompson in 1880. Thompson...
Oxford Mill Ruin
The Oxford Mill was located on the bank of the Little Cannon River near Cannon Falls. When the mill...
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
The Little Marais Inn
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Enter Marlon Brando
Visiting Golden Gate
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Lost Highway 61
The Le Sueur Theater
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Moving Old Hibbing
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Endion Depot In Duluth
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Red Wing Iron Works
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Exploring Sandstone
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Meyer School In St Augusta
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Hanover Bridge
Jordan Brewery Complex
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Bend in the River Regional Park
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Moderne New Ulm Library
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Remembering Quadna Resort
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The End of the Line in Currie
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion School In Duluth
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
District 48 School Near Delano
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Historic Franconia
Taylor House In Le Sueur
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Green Lake Mounds
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
The Duluth Homestead Project
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Milford Monument
Hollywood Town Hall
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Old Brewery In Preston
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Historic Wasioja
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Little Falls Depot
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Dotson
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Almelund Creamery
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
District 6 School in New Sweden
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Florence Town Hall
The Church of the Holy Cross
Finding The Past In Swatara
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Exploring Ottawa
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Welcome To Cobden
State Theater In Hutchinson
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Ruins of Sawyer School
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
The Old School In Wolverton
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Welcome to Hanska
Dead Good Walks
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
About half of a mile away from the Toimi School is a quiet little cemetery nestled back in the...
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Chippewa City Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Roadtrips
Winter At The Lamar School
It’s clear that the schoolhouse in Lamar, WI is a place of pride for the community. It has become a...
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...

